Every single NB Basketball Wood Floor that leaves the brand’s manufacturing facility goes through an industry-leading multi-stage quality control process that ensures no defect ever makes its way to a customer’s court.

The process starts at the very beginning of the supply chain, when NB’s quality inspectors visit the FSC-certified forests to personally select the mature maple trees that will eventually become flooring planks, rejecting any trees that have knots, irregular grain, or other imperfections that could affect the performance of the final product. Once the lumber arrives at the factory, every single plank is scanned with digital density sensors that measure its internal consistency, automatically sorting out any pieces that do not fall within the brand’s strict density specifications. After the planks are milled and kiln-dried, a second team of inspectors manually checks every single piece for flatness, moisture content, and surface smoothness, rejecting any planks that do not meet the NB standard. Even after the floor is fully installed at the customer’s facility, a senior NB quality control technician visits the site to conduct a full post-installation inspection, testing the shock absorption, ball bounce, and traction at hundreds of different points across the court, to make sure every single inch of the floor meets the brand’s exacting performance requirements. This relentless commitment to quality control is why NB Basketball Wood Floors have earned their reputation for reliability, and why the brand can offer one of the longest and most comprehensive warranties in the entire sports flooring industry, giving every customer complete peace of mind with their investment.